Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1887-01-01
Personalities.


Mr.. Mort. Serat Is here for the HOLIDAYS.
Mr.. Geo. Chapman spent Christmas here.
Judge q. b. Filing was In town Wednes-
day.
Mr.. Geo. b. Sydnor was in town Wednes-
day,
Mr.. Ernest Chapman went to st. Louis for
the holidays.
Mrs. Geo. N. Mountjoy has been quite Ill
again but is better.
Judge Simpson returned from q visit to
Chicago last Tuesday.
The President Is nearly recovered from bis
attack of rheumatism.
Mr.. William Selling. of st. Louis, Is visi.
ting relatives In this city.
Rev. James NJ. CLANCY was in the city,
Thursday, aud paid US q pleasant visit.
Master William Duke has been spending
the holidays with his father, IN Kansas City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wingste and sons, OF Kansas
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vim. Barton, of st. Louis 4.
are spending the holidays at Mr.. J. W. Wsd-
dell's.
Miss Maggie Green has been spending the
holidays at Kansas City, with her brothers,
Will and Sam.
Mrs. Chas. C. Wallace spent CT Christmas
with her fathers family In HiEginsville ,rs,ur.
ming last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bowman spent sever
al days, this week, with the father OF the lat.
ter, Mr.. Garland Webb.
Miss Katie j. Watts of Fayetts, arrived
Thursday evening and will remain IN the
city several days, a guest OF Mrs. T. C. Cren-
shaw.
MIR. John Currie, who is now publishing .
newspaper at Auburn. Nebraska, has been
friends.
Mr.. j. H. Gilkey, mine inspector of the
county, was In the city, Wednesday. having
been above inspecting some mines troubled
with water.
The Misses Winsor and Neal will receive
New Years calls. to-day, with the Misses Nc.
Grew at their home on South street, from
three until nine o'clock, p. m.
MI. W. 8. Dorm Blaser, of Higginsvllle, has
accepted a position In Mr.. Hicklin's office,
where ne will be found during that gentle.
mans absence at JEFFERSON City.
Col. and Mrs. Reid will leave about Janua.
~ =, for either California or Florida, to seek
for warmer weather, flowers and the songs
of birds. We wish them q very pleasant
trip.
Misses Floyd Searcy, Virgie Hart aud Mrs.
L. T. Herndon. will receive New Years calls
with Miss #. May Taubman at her home on
South street, from three until ten O'Clock,
p. m.
Miss Lou Eva Walker, of Sedalia. Is ex.
pected al Mr.. j. W. Waddell's next Monday
for a short visit, en- rovts home from Kansas
City, where she has been spending the holi.
days with friends.
Mr.. Audrey j.. Sparks, Of Concordia, was
in town a day or two, this week, and called
Upon the Intelligencer. Mr.. Sparks Is teach.
ing the public school at Concordia, very &C.
ceptably and successfully.
Mrs. =. B. Csvanaugh and daughter, Miss
Kate of Ray county; Mrs. W. j. Courtney
and son, Thomas, OF Kesrney; Mrs. Joseph
Robinson, of Kansas City, have been visiting
week.
DR.. P. 81. Chambers returned from his
trip to Louisville, yesterday morning. he
met while absent his aunt, Mrs. Patsey
Estill; his brother James and family; his
sons Paschal, Wallace and Kent, and other
relatives.
Mr.. AL. Leard returned from a trip to Ell
Paso, Texas. last Monday evening. He re.
ports sunny skies and balmy air down there.
with the Mexicans seeking the shade after 10
O'Clock, a. m. He went over to Paso del
Norte, too, and may now say that he has
trodden the soil of the Montezumas.
The following gentlemen, who travel for
business houses, from Lexington, were at
home for Christmas:-J. Il. Davis, VIM.
Stonestreet, Z. B. Farley, c.. B. Potter. j.
d. Morrow, Oscar AndreeD, VIM. Barton,
Isidore Keller, T. Z. Crenshaw, Geo. Null
link, Harry b. Tunstall. Robert Norfolk
and Ben. A. Ireland,
Col. Reid received q letter q few days ago
from our old friend, Mr.. William j. Pigott,
Who Is now at Los Angeles, Cal. Mr.. Pigott
writes very cheerfully, though he is in feeble
health. OF the climate, he says:-"You
speak of cold. As l read your letter the
birds were noisy with their wsrbling; and
that night ! heard a frog concert. A banans
is III leaf by my window; the Cailss @ few
steps beyond. and q forest of evergreens in
eli directions" Mr.. Pigott says it makes
him sad to see how his old friends are pass
ing away, and be epesks a Kindly word Of
the Intelligencer and its editor. for which,
knowing his own worth rs we DO, we thank
him prOfoup dly.